First published by the Arab Weekly on 11/6/2017 Trump’s senior advisers and ambassadors hold pro-Israel views with no counter view seemingly present. Phot: Diversity needed. Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (R) and US President Donald Trump (L) chat as White House senior adviser Jared Kushner is seen in between them, during their meeting at the …
Continue reading Trump should appoint pro-Palestinian advisers
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 22/5/2017 US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on 3 May, 2017 in Washington, DC. [Thaer Ganaim/Apaimages] Recent commemorations of the 69th anniversary of the Nakba followed the long-awaited meeting at the …
Continue reading Israel knows that it only has to bide its time to get everything it wants
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 13/5/2017 Israeli security forces break up Palestinian protests organised to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, in Ramallah, West Bank on April 23, 2017 [Issam Rimawi / Anadolu Agency] As Palestinians mark a number of key, painful anniversaries in 2017, Israel is busy with not …
First published by the Arab Weekly on 7/5/2017 In recent years Israel has been developing approaches to combat the criticism it receives, both for the lack of progress towards peace with the Palestinians and increasingly for policies it develops and implements. This can be traced to a significant 2010 report, produced by the Reut Institute, …
Continue reading Silencing critics will only reinforce image of Israel as a bully
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I was interviewed by Press TV on 21/4/2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKp5OcSL_oI
I was interviewed by Pippa Jones for Talk Radio Europe on 20/4/2017 Listen below from 3 minutes into the hour.
First published by the Middle East Monitor on 5/4/2017 Palestinians were delighted to see 2016 end with the UN Security Council passing resolution 2334 which reaffirmed the illegality of Israel’s settlement enterprise. The passing of the resolution was facilitated by the US abstention in the dying days of Obama’s administration. The UK played a key …
Continue reading The UK is quietly changing its policy on Israel and Palestine
First published by the Middle East Eye on 28/3/2017 After supporting the UN resolution against Israeli settlements, the UK's attack against the council is illogical - unless this is all about trade deals In a surprise move, the UK representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council made a scathing attack against the council at …
Continue reading The UK should put Israel on notice, not the UN Human Rights Council
First published by Muslim Press on 7/3/2017 ‘Moving US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be explosive’ In an interview with Muslim Press, British Palestinian academic and writer on Middle East Affairs Kamel Hawwash said, “Moving the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem would be explosive as assessed by the Muslim world, the …
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